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Table 3 Association between women’s background characteristics and positive and negative attributes of care scores

From: An exploratory study of client and provider experience and perceptions of facility-based childbirth care in Quiché, Guatemala

Characteristics

RR (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted RR (95% CI)

p value

Positive attributes of care score

 Woman’s age category (ref = 15–19)

  20–24

0.93 (0.80–1.08)

0.36

0.92 (0.79–1.06)

0.23

  25–29

0.91 (0.78–1.07)

0.26

0.92 (0.78–1.09)

0.36

  30–34

1.06 (0.88–1.28)

0.54

1.14 (0.95–1.39)

0.16

  35 + 

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

0.26

0.89 (0.73–1.09)

0.28

 Marital status (ref = single)

  Married/cohabiting

0.99 (0.81–1.21)

0.92

  Parity (ref = primiparous)

  

  2–3 births

1.02 (0.90–1.14)

0.78

  4 + births

1.11 (0.95–1.30)

0.17

 Speaks Ixil or K’iche at home (ref = no)

  Yes

0.87 (0.76–0.98)

0.02

0.83 (0.72–0.94)

0.004

 Hospital (ref = Hospital #1)

  Hospital #2

0.84 (0.73–0.95)

0.007

0.81 (0.71–0.93)

0.002

  Hospital #3

0.98 (0.85–1.14)

0.82

0.94 (0.81–1.10)

0.45

 Education (ref = None)

  Primary

0.96 (0.80–1.16)

0.70

  Secondary + 

0.95 (0.79–1.15)

0.62

 Wealth quintile (ref = quintile 1)

  Quintile 2

0.90 (0.77–1.05)

0.18

  Quintile 3

0.92 (0.80–1.05)

0.23

Negative attributes of care score

 Woman’s age category (ref = 15–19)

  20–24

1.35 (0.83–2.22)

0.22

  25–29

0.98 (0.54–1.77)

0.94

  30–34

0.73 (0.34–1.58)

0.43

  35 + 

0.90 (0.44–1.83)

0.77

 Marital status (ref = never married)

  Married/cohabiting

0.54.(0.32–0.91)

0.02

0.645 (0.37–1.12)

0.12

 Parity (ref = primiparous)

  2–3 births

0.61 (0.40–0.92)

0.02

0.72 (0.47–1.12)

0.14

  4 + births

0.71 (0.41–1.21)

0.21

0.67 (0.37–1.21)

0.18

 Speaks Ixil or K’iche at home (ref = no)

  Yes

2.15 (1.25- 3.71)

0.005

2.28 (1.30–3.98)

0.004

 Hospital (ref = Hospital #1)

  Hospital #2

1.36 (0.87–2.14)

0.18

  Hospital #3

0.88 (0.50–1.55)

0.67

 Education (ref = Primary)

  Secondary

0.56 (0.32–0.97)

0.04

0.55 (0.32–0.97)

0.04

  Tertiary

0.79 (0.45–1.38)

0.40

0.83 (0.46–1.50)

0.54

 Wealth quintile (ref = quintile 1)

  Quintile 2

1.03 (.062–1.70)

0.91

  

  Quintile 3

0.84 (0.52–1.33)

0.45

  
  1. RR relative risk, aRR adjusted relative risk